Nils serves as the Social Media Pastor at Community Bible Church leading the efforts of CBC Online. He has served in full-time ministry since graduating from Texas State University in San Marcos with a Business Management Degree and is currently pursuing a Masters in Ministry Leadership from Rockbridge Seminary.

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I’m currently taking a course in seminary called Lead Like Jesus. It is actually my last class and is by far the best course I have taken in the past 3 years. One of the key issues we have been looking at is how destructive both fear and ego can be for a leader. Last […]
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Celebrating MLK day today, I think about how far we have come as a country in the past several decades when it comes to segregation. I thought about a video that I saw about a year ago though and was convicted about how far we still have to go. If you have nine minutes today, […]
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For 10 years I had the privilege of serving as a Youth Pastor and had the opportunity to get to know and invest in some incredible students. Serving as a Youth Pastor was an incredible experience, but I’ve found that the greatest blessing is watching so many of these students now spreading their wings and […]
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Have you noticed how uptight Christians can be sometimes? We take ourselves so seriously and sometimes need to just loosen the collar a little bit. I was reminded this after hearing Jon Acuff speak twice yesterday at Community Bible Church. Jon has a very popular blog entitled: Stuff Christians Like. If you have a minute […]
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Do you remember MySpace? It was the first big Social Media website. Every teenager had one and every parent was scared out of their minds about it (for good reason). People began sharing music, pictures, videos, and well life with each other online. It was a phenomenon that grew rapidly. Then came Facebook and it […]
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This week there have been three experiences that have moved me that I want to share with you: 1) My pastor, Robert Emmitt, preached a sermon on Suicide that was incredibly powerful and moving reminding me the pain that I know so many that I come in contact with are experiencing. Did you know that […]
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Sometimes there is a song that speaks to you in a moment or through a season. This was sung at CBC several weeks ago and the words have been replaying through my head ever since. I think the words in this song will continue to pierce my heart no matter what valley or mountain top […]
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Last night I watched Glee. What can I say my wife had control over the remote. Within a few moments I found myself captured by the storyline and interaction among these fictional High School students. One of the students, Kurt, experiences a great tragedy– his Dad goes into a coma after experiencing a heart attack. […]
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